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. >>> i'm andrea mitchell. coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports," american companies are adding jobs. the fastest two-month pass since before the recession. behind the numbers of today's jobs report with labor secretary hilda solis. >>> in the battle for libya. we talk to republican congressman duncan hunter who says it's time for nato to step it up and former analyst ken pollack on the roll the u.s. is playing to help the rebels against gadhafi. >>> even as the president's overall approval rating has taken a bit of a hit, a poll out this week suggests he's as popular as ever with young voters. in the harvard university poll of young americans 55% they approve of the job he's doing. it comes just as he gets ready to launch his re-election campaign this month. karen finney is an msnbc political consultant and former communications director for the democratic national committee. how important will young people be to who is the next president? >> young people are going to be critical. one of the things in th
. >>> i'm andrea mitchell. coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports," american companies are adding jobs. the fastest two-month pass since before the recession. behind the numbers of today's jobs report with labor secretary hilda solis. >>> in the battle for libya. we talk to republican congressman duncan hunter who says it's time for nato to step it up and former analyst ken pollack on the roll the u.s. is playing to help the rebels against gadhafi. >>>...
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andrea mitchell here in new york, thanks. >>> senator john mccain showed up in libya today. he went to the rebel headquarters city of benghazi as a show of support for the rebels fighting gadhafi. our chief foreign correspondent richard engle with us tonight from benghazi. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. i think showed up is a good way to describe it. this was an unannounced and unexpected visit. we had heard rumors that senator mccain would be coming here, but we couldn't confirm it until we went downstairs in the lobby of the hotel and saw senator mccain standing there. >> senator, welcome to benghazi. >> even the people of benghazi seemed surprised to see senator mccain in town. >> how are you? >> reporter: he arrives unannounced with only a tiny entourage and almost no security. he toured downtown benghazi and looked at photographs of rebels killed fighting gadhafi, men the senator calls his heroes. the message quickly won over the people here. as word spread of mccain's arrival, american flags were brought out along with signs praising the unite
andrea mitchell here in new york, thanks. >>> senator john mccain showed up in libya today. he went to the rebel headquarters city of benghazi as a show of support for the rebels fighting gadhafi. our chief foreign correspondent richard engle with us tonight from benghazi. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. i think showed up is a good way to describe it. this was an unannounced and unexpected visit. we had heard rumors that senator mccain would be coming...
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>> andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> and we have an update on the situation in libya tonight. nato is saying, and our own richard engel confirms, it's stepping up its air attacks on high-value gadhafi targets to cripple his ability to command his own military and to protect civilians. meanwhile, the gadhafi regime is trying to rally other african nations against these western air strikes, saying the west is trying to "colonize africa once again." >>> in the world of domestic politics tonight, texas congressman ron paul announced today he is forming at least an exploratory committee for what would be his third run for the republican presidential nomination. paul, who is 76 years of age, is the senior statesman of what you could call the libertarian wing of the party and is expected to do well with the tea party and raise some money because of his support for budget cutting and small government. >>> meanwhile, the young republican congressman who has become the party's point person on the federal budget
>> andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> and we have an update on the situation in libya tonight. nato is saying, and our own richard engel confirms, it's stepping up its air attacks on high-value gadhafi targets to cripple his ability to command his own military and to protect civilians. meanwhile, the gadhafi regime is trying to rally other african nations against these western air strikes, saying the west is trying to "colonize africa once...
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joining me now are two of the great proses on washington and this subject in particular, andrea mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for nbc news and michael duffy a sis tenant managing editor and bureau chief and lord knows how many other important titles at "time" magazine. i thank you both for joining me. andrea, this week started off a little bit different than it ended up, we hope, the libya es capade would be over rather quickly. if it's not, the big debate now is do we arm the rebels and on that you see the president wanted to keep his options open. he first first raised the possibility of arming the rebels in his interviewses. but at the same time you've got now this alliance between the secretary of state and the secretary of defense. both against arming rebels whom we really don't understand. what you are talking being are groupses that are not a unified opposition. they're an ad hock mix of tribal leaders and others who are unified by their opposition to moammar qaddafi. but not by who else they would ally with. and their attitudes towards america, towards the united
joining me now are two of the great proses on washington and this subject in particular, andrea mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for nbc news and michael duffy a sis tenant managing editor and bureau chief and lord knows how many other important titles at "time" magazine. i thank you both for joining me. andrea, this week started off a little bit different than it ended up, we hope, the libya es capade would be over rather quickly. if it's not, the big debate now is do we...
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>>> i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. in march the unemployment rate inched down to 8.8%, a net gain of 216,000 nonfarm jobs. back to february's net gain of 192,000 and employers are hiring at the fastest rate since the recession began but 13.5 million are still unemployed. 921,000 discouraged workers left the workforce last month giving up. bring in labor secretary hilda solis. the good and the bad. the participation rate held at 64.2%. the unemployment numbers overall are obviously good news for the administration and for america. >> yes, andrea. i will tell you that in february and march we had one of our biggest growths there in the private sector. and that was since 2006. so we have made some progress. and overall in the last 13 months we saw 1.8 million private sector jobs added to our economy. but as you say and we know, we still have a long way to go. we still have a lot of people hurting that haven't found employment yet. that's why the president is talking about investments in renewable energy and energy efficie
>>> i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. in march the unemployment rate inched down to 8.8%, a net gain of 216,000 nonfarm jobs. back to february's net gain of 192,000 and employers are hiring at the fastest rate since the recession began but 13.5 million are still unemployed. 921,000 discouraged workers left the workforce last month giving up. bring in labor secretary hilda solis. the good and the bad. the participation rate held at 64.2%. the unemployment numbers overall are...
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andrea mitchell has the latest details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. the questions are being asked about greg mortenson, author of "three cups of tea" who has sold millions of books about his work with girls in afghanistan. he's been the hero of the movement to educate girls in afghanistan and pakistan. soldiers deploying to afghanistan are encouraged to read his book. president obama donated part of his nobel prize money to the charity. mike mullen traveled with him and tells the story of the dramatic attempt to climb k-2 and the pledge to his rescuers. >> he looked for a way to repay his rescuers and realized what they wanted and needed most was a school. >> reporter: it is a story mortonsen told again to natalie morales on "today.." >> coming off the mountain i stumbled into a village and saw 78 children sitting in the dirt writing with sticks in the sand. i promised to build a school. >> reporter: as "60 minutes" reported he didn't hear of the village until his second visit a year after the climb. he was not kidnapped by the taliban. he did build s
andrea mitchell has the latest details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. the questions are being asked about greg mortenson, author of "three cups of tea" who has sold millions of books about his work with girls in afghanistan. he's been the hero of the movement to educate girls in afghanistan and pakistan. soldiers deploying to afghanistan are encouraged to read his book. president obama donated part of his nobel prize money to the charity. mike mullen...